141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5009.2
Disaster and emergency preparedness for vulnerable and special needs populations

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Poster
Disaster and emergency preparedness for vulnerable and special needs populations

Board 1
Planning and implementing special needs shelters for children and young adults   
Sharon Surrency, RN, BSN, MPH, FCN
Board 2
Tracking and reunification of children in disasters: Development of a learning object   
Kandra Strauss-Riggs, MPH and Brian Altman, PhD
Board 3
Collaborative disaster preparedness for persons with disabilities: A case study   
Valerie Beynon, MA, APR, Sandra Schoenfisch, RN, PhD, Sandra Schoenfisch, RN, PhD and Sandra Schoenfisch, RN, PhD
Board 4
Preparedness planning for children and disasters   
Heather Lake Burger, MS, MPH
Board 5
Fifty state public health emergency preparedness websites – vulnerable populations assessment   
Daniel Coulter, MPH, Curtis E. Cummings, MD, MPH, Marcia Polansky, MSW, ScD, Siu Yue Ng, MPH and Christine Fung, MPH
Board 6
Disaster preparedness among Latino households in marion county, Oregon   
Jeffrey Bethel, PhD and Steven Ranzoni, B.S.
Board 7
Imperative inclusion of disaster mental health in preparedness exercises: Lessons learned   
Sarah J. Powell, MA, Alice Hausman, PhD, MPH and William K. Flynn, MPH
Board 8
Advancing the interests of pregnant women and children in emergency preparedness planning   
Bobby Courtney, MA, MPH, JD and Elizabeth Weinstein, MD
Board 9
A pilot study: Testing community-informed disaster risk reduction activities in delmas, Haiti   
Ashley Dyer, MPH, Janet Lin, MD, MPH and Alyssa Budoff, BA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Health Administration, Medical Care, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Chiropractic Health Care

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